Overview
- A Patiala House court ordered four days of police custody after investigators sought a week to question him over alleged coordination and financing.
- With Chib’s arrest, the number held in the case rose to eight, including Indian Youth Congress members detained in Delhi and from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
- The FIR at Tilak Marg cites criminal conspiracy, obstruction of public servants, unlawful assembly, and added BNS sections 196 and 197 tied to promoting enmity and assertions prejudicial to national integration.
- The Feb. 20 demonstration inside Bharat Mandapam’s Hall 5 used online QR registration, and protesters revealed slogan T‑shirts before being escorted out by security.
- Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, defended the action as peaceful while the BJP said it hurt India’s image, and the IYC mounted a rail blockade protest in Delhi.